Abstract
The kinetics of penetration, activation and detoxification of benzo(a)pyrene were determined by near U.V. microspectrofluorimetric measurements on single living cells. This technique allows one to monitor the different intracellular fluorescent species present in a subcellular microvolume by using spectral decomposition of the fluorescence data. The T47-D cell line was chosen for its high capability of metabolization. The penetration involves a simple diffusion transfer through the cytoplasmic membrane of the cell, with a half-time of ∼ 2 min. The metabolization process gives rise, with more than a one hour delay after intracellular incorporation of the hydrocarbon, to a rapid conversion of B(a)P into unconjugated metabolites, leading to a transient accumulation of the 3OH-B(a)P metabolite in the cell. This feature may be related to the enhancement of cytochrome P1450 activity, induced by the B(a)P itself. The ability of the cell to increase its Cyt-P1450 level, after exposure to B(a)P, gives indirect evidence for the presence of the Ah gene complex in the T47-D cell line.
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Abbreviations
- B(a)P:
-
benzo(a)pyrene
- PAH:
-
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
- AHH:
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aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase
- (+)-antiB(a)PdE:
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(+)-7β
- 8α-dihydroxy-9α:
-
10α-epoxy 7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene
- MSF:
-
microspectrofluorimetry
- DHD:
-
dihydrodiol
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Sureau, F., Chinsky, L., Duquesne, M. et al. Microspectrofluorimetric study of the kinetics of cellular uptake and metabolization of benzo(a)pyrene in human T 47 D mammary tumor cells: evidence for cytochrome P1450 induction. Eur Biophys J 18, 301–307 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188043
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